Rudi Pichler Grüner Veltliner Terrassen Smaragd 2018

Artichoke, asparagus and green bean are mingled with spicy green olive on the nose and the firm but juicy and glycerol-rich palate. This finishes with a welcome sense of lift, not to mention invigoration, enticing salinity and impressive persistence.

"Viticultural colleges and creative writing workshops impart a middling degree of capability, and nothing beyond that. The complex process of conscious construction and spontaneously appropriate reaction is something that cannot be taught. Here, the signature becomes distinctive, whether in literature or wine. There are certain winegrowers in the Wachau whose imprint is unmistakeable.
One of these is Rudi Pichler"-Benno Hurt, author